Electronic Monitoring of Sex Offenders: 2006 Report to the Legislature

Abstract:
The monitoring of "high-risk sex offenders who are on supervised release, conditional release, parole, or probation to help ensure that the offenders do not violate their community supervision conditions" is examined. Sections of this report include: background; advantages of global positioning system (GPS); GPS monitoring technology; disadvantages of GPS; type of sex offender subject to monitoring; time period offenders are subject to monitoring; financial costs of monitoring equipment; and summary. Accession Number: 021237 ..more.. by Minnesota Department of Corrections